organized crime

organized crime

n.

1. Crime committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.

2. The people and the groups involved in such criminal activities.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

organized crime - underworld organizations     gangdom, gangland social group - people sharing some social relation yakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" underworld - the criminal class Sicilian Mafia, Maffia, Mafia - a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century Black Hand - a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century Camorra - a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail crime syndicate, syndicate, mob, family - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

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Translations

organized crime

n → organisiertes Verbrechen

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organized crime

n → criminalità organizzata

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